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Need help? Please contact support@appsplus.co
View broken link details on a page/blog
Total broken links is displayed in the byline on every page and blog post.
Note: you can hide this byline in the “Settings” tab on the reporting page.
The byline icon will be hidden if there are zero broken links.
Click the icon to open further statistics.
Click through the tabs to dive into more details.
View all broken links across your Confluence
Click the Apps dropdown in the top navigation bar and select Broken Links+.
The table lists all content with broken links, sorted by total in descending order.
Filter by title, space or broken type: attachment, blog, external (web), page and/or space.
Identify & monitor all outbound or broken links including pages, blogs, attachments & spaces |
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Apps then Broken Links+ in the top navbar (login required).
Installation
Open https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223326/broken-links-for-confluence?tab=overview
Click the
Try it freebutton for a free 30 day trial.Install to your Confluence instance.
Pricing: free up to 10 users or use the pricing calculator.
Note: an active payment method is required to install apps.
Getting Started
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Apps then Broken Links+ in the top navbar to see all broken links.
Configuration
Click Next below to step through all of the features and configuration options...
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Security
Exceeds the highest of security and data privacy standards:
100% Cloud Fortified!
Data stored only within your Confluence instance region using content properties.
No external database.
No token/secret storage.
Static app runs client-side.
Ongoing vulnerability testing.
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FAQs
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On first install a full site-wide index will run. Broken links are then automatically checked when you create or edit content and if it has been 7+ days since last check of external or internal links. |
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The app provides ongoing automated monitoring of broken links across your entire Confluence instance. |
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The full report will become available after the free trial |
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To prevent abuse of this loophole we’ve had to limit the reporting results until after the trial period.
(30-59 days). Note: Atlassian does not provide an option to end the free trial early. |
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Firstly try edit the content to immediately trigger the checking process |
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so we can debug: support@appsplus.co |
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If the link is inaccessible |
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on the public internet (eg an intranet) then it will be incorrectly flagged as broken. |
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To fix this problem follow these steps:
Open the reporting page (top-nav “Apps” dropdown).
Click the “Settings” tab.
Add the domain names you wish to ignore (you can also use regex).
Click “Save”.
Return to “Reports” tab to confirm it worked.
How often are links checked?
When you first install the app, we will run a global indexer which will check your entire Confluence instance for broken links. After that completes, content will be checked periodically:
immediately when you create or edit content.
if it has been 30+ days since last check of external or internal links.
Known limitations on Atlassian side
Due to some limits Atlassian places on developers here are the current known limitations:
Internal broken links can only be identified within the current Confluence instance.
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Add such domains to the ignore list in the app configuration page: top navbar, |
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No, if you’re on instanceA.atlassian.net it won’t be able to identify broken links to instanceB.atlassian.net even if both are accessible to you. |
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The “x broken” byline dropdown is hidden when there are 0 broken links to avoid clutter, as a result it will behave differently depending on the current status.
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Already visible in byline (1+ broken):
Page loads.
Script runs.
0 or more broken links found.
Byline updates in realtime.
Not visible in byline (0 broken):
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Page loads.
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Script runs.
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1 or more broken links found.
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This is a technical limitation imposed by Atlassian. |